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Coach Dwane Casey said he'd like to see the Raptors have a more balanced attack outside of DeMar DeRozan and Kyle Lowry.

"One thing we’re trying to do was take the ball out of Kyle’s hands, take the ball out of DeMar’s hands and now we have a playmaker once that does happen," Casey said. DeRozan was the only qualifier for minutes last season to have a true shooting percentage below 52 with a usage rate of at least 28. Getting DeRozan better shots is definitely a good thing. He's much better in points leagues and in DFS than in standard leagues. Jul 29 - 4:56 PM

The Raptors could look to deal DeMar DeRozan this summer while "whispers continue to circulate" that his camp wants $25 million per season a year from now, according to Ryan Wolstat of the Toronto Sun.

While DeRozan has really been adept at adding points at the line, he was still only able to turn in a 51.0 true shooting percentage last season. He only made 21.7 percent on his pull-up 3-pointers while making just 28.7 percent of all of his 3-pointers. Unless he makes some sort of crazy leap from deep, DeRozan won't be worth that kind of money in the 2015 NBA. Of course, nothing is imminent on the trade front here. Jun 29 - 6:05 PM

DeMar DeRozan scored 32 points on 11-of-29 shooting (3-of-6 3PTs, 7-of-7 FTs) with six rebounds, six assists and one steal in Friday's Game 3 loss to the Wizards.

DeRozan and Kyle Lowry were both guilty of bad shot selection and going down 3-0 the backcourt play has been a big storyline in this series. Of course, both engaged in trash talk with Paul Pierce and it's fair to wonder if they lost focus as things started to spin out of control. Game 4 is on Sunday in Washington. Apr 24 - 11:02 PM

DeMar DeRozan made 6-of-20 from the field for 15 points against the Wizards during a Game 1 93-86 overtime loss on Saturday, adding 11 rebounds, six assists, one steal and three turnovers.

Otto Porter provided some great defense on DeRozan today. If the Wizards can keep DeMar from getting to the line and force him to take contested jumpers, they are likely going to have some great defensive numbers. Additionally, this was one of the worst offensive showings from the Raptors and the made just 6-of-29 from deep today. Apr 18 - 3:56 PM

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Dwane Casey said he doesn't think Terrence Ross (ankle) has reached his ceiling as a player.

"I don't think so," Casey said. "What a lot of people don't understand is that he had a lot of stuff in his ankle. He had that taken out this spring. He played through it last year. Whether that was why he took a dip defensively, I don't know. I tell everybody that he was our best defensive wing player two years ago, and we were pretty good." Casey went on to say that he expects big things out of Ross this season, and that he has also been able to start shooting again. Ross should be 100 percent by training camp, but he won't be a factor in standard leagues while DeMar DeRozan and DeMarre Carroll are healthy.